Will Easytrieve R6.4 be affected with changing the VSM ALLOWUSERKEYCSA parameter on z/OS V2.3?

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator

Issue/Introduction

 

In z/OS V2.1 environment, current value of the VSM ALLOWUSERKEYCSA parameter is set to YES. 

This parameter affects the programs which work at storage key 8 and try to access CSA. This is controlled by SYS1.PARMLIB(DIAGxx) member and ALLOWUSRKEYCSA parameter. 

For security reasons, this parameter will be set to NO on z/OS V2.3. (its default value). 

Will the Easytrieve Plus Report Generator release 6.4 programs be affected by this change? 

 

Environment

Easytrieve Plus Report Generator, release 6.4

Resolution

Easytrieve programs are not impacted by changing z/OS VSM ALLOWUSERKEYCSA from YES to NO.